DIY: Sock Bunhead

DIY (“Do It Yourself”) means a lot to me; this is America, this is 2013, and I don’t need a man to do my sock bun, I can do it myself!

And so can you, if you just follow these simple and easy steps.

What you’ll need:

– hairbrush

– a zillion bobby pins

– a sock with the “toe” part cut off and rolled up into a doughnut

– various ribbons, hair clips, fun stuff, (yarn? YOLO)

– reading material

– TUMS (to give to people/yourself to relieve that sudden heartburn they will feel when looking at you with your hair in sock bun)

– camera for taking selfies (preferably iPhone)

– extra film for iPhone camera (because you’ll want to take tons of pix of your amazing hair!!)

– your main passport, as well as a couple of spares

Get Started:

Step 1: Put your hair in a ponytail. This is simple maneuver that you can learn how to do on Youtube or Vimeo, I think. If you don’t have enough hair to fit into a ponytail, grow it out and then return to step 1.

Step 2: Take your toe-less sock doughnut and stick it on the end of your ponytail.

Step 3: Now roll the hair down and around the doughnut, and into a bun.

Step 4: This part is really hard, but there are good tutorials on Pinterest so I suggest you look those up. This was my first attempt.. haha, YOLO.

Here I am with some yarn wrapped around my sock bun, because there is something very organic / knitting-vibes about it, no? Also, if the yarn starts to unravel throughout the day, that’s okay! You can just tell people that it’s a metaphor for the slow and beautiful unraveling of your life.